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minus-squareCosmoooooooolinkEnglish1•10 months agoHmm. Dictatorship if he wins, Democracy with a shitty slippery slope argument if he loses. This seems like it could lead to problems down the road. Yep. Shitty slippery slope argument. Fucking check.
minus-square@MaaluslinkEnglish-4•10 months agoIt’s not really a shitty slippery slope. How would you feel when it would’ve been the democrat candidate that was removed from ballots?
minus-square@IphtashuFitzlinkEnglish3•10 months agoIf that theoretical candidate had done what Trump did then I’d e perfectly happy with their removal.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoIt’d be fine to remove him from the ballot if he had committed treason. But so far, nothing like that has happened. He’s not liked, but that’s not enough to prevent him from running.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoIt would have been be fine to remove him from the ballot if he had committed treason. But so far, nothing like that has happened. He’s not liked, but that’s not enough to prevent him from running
minus-square@IphtashuFitzlinkEnglish2•10 months agoOn what grounds? Has he violated the Constitution in any way?
Hmm. Dictatorship if he wins, Democracy with a shitty slippery slope argument if he loses.
Yep. Shitty slippery slope argument. Fucking check.
It’s not really a shitty slippery slope. How would you feel when it would’ve been the democrat candidate that was removed from ballots?
If that theoretical candidate had done what Trump did then I’d e perfectly happy with their removal.
It’d be fine to remove him from the ballot if he had committed treason. But so far, nothing like that has happened.
He’s not liked, but that’s not enough to prevent him from running.
What if they removed Biden in this election?
It would have been be fine to remove him from the ballot if he had committed treason. But so far, nothing like that has happened.
He’s not liked, but that’s not enough to prevent him from running
On what grounds? Has he violated the Constitution in any way?